Apparatus for transferring fiber



(No Model.)

W. O. MCBRIDE. APPARATUS FOR TRANSPERRING FIBER. No. 436,719.

Patented Sept. 16, 1890.

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WVILLIAM C. MCBRIDE, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING FIBER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 436,719, dated September16, 1890.

Application filed December 9, 1889- Serial No. 333,110. (No model.) I

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W LLIAM C. MCBRIDE, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for TransferringFiber, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention is designed especially for use in connection with twomachines, one for breaking and the other for cleaning vegetable fiber,for which I have filed applications for Letters Patent of even dateherewith, the Serial numbers of said applications being 333,109 and333,111, respectively, the object of the present invention being totransfer the fibrous material from the breaking to the cleaning machine.

My invention consists in the several details of construction andarrangement hereinafter specified and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus, andFig. 2 a plan of the base. I

Similarletters of reference indicate similar parts in each figure.

The base A is a rectangular frame provided with caster-wheels a, one ateach corner.

B B are standards firmly secured to two op posite sides of the base inany suitable manner.

O is a roller supported and revoluble in suitable hearings in the top ofthe standards 13 B, and to this roller disks 0 O are secured so as torevolve with it. The disks are within the standards, and a series ofloops 0, made, preferably, of stout wire, are inserted at intervalsaround their peripheries. These loops are bent so as to project inwardlyat an angle to the disks, and near the loop ends are bent in a reversedirection, so as to bring the part c of each loop in substantially thesame vertical plane as the standards. This construction enables thecombs D to be readily placed in or lifted out of the loops, and there islittle danger of the combs being detached from the loops accidentally,as they have not sufficient longitudinal play (that being limited by theshoulders 01 to allow either end to become detached. The combs D are soconstructed that the backs hang downwardly by their own gravity and theteeth d project upwardly.

E is a rack attached to one one of the standards for the reception ofthe combs when not in use.

The operation is as follows: A quantity of. the vegetable fiber, afterpassing through the crushing rollers, as described in the application,Serial No. 333,109, before referred to, is gathered on one of the combs,and the comb is then hungin two opposite loops. Its weight will causethe disks to revolve until it hangs in the lowest position. Anothercomb, having been filled, is hung in the adjacent loops on either sideof the first comb, and its weight will cause the disks to revolve untilthe two combs counterbalance each other. Combs canbe added one after theother to the succeeding loops until about half the loops are filled, andit will be seen that the machine can be loaded from one sideexclusively, as-

the disks will naturally adapt themselves to the added combs and willrevolve until an equilibrium is established. When loaded, the apparatusis easily rolled to the cleaningmachine described in the application,Serial No. 333,111, before in entioned,when the combs and fiber areremoved, required, the fiber being transferred to the cleaning-machineand the empty combs placed in the rack E.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In an apparatus fortransferring fiber, the combination, with the wheeled base and thestandards secured thereto, of a roller sup ported by said standards,disks secured on the roller within the standards, and a series of loopson the periphery of each disk, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the Wheeled base, the standards, and the rollersupported and revoluble in said standards, of the disks carried by saidrollerwithin the standards and a series of loops on the periphery ofeach disk, said loops being bent so as to project inwardly from thedisks and having their loop ends bent in a reverse direction,so as tobring the bent ends in substantially the same vertical plane with thestandards, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

WILLIAM C. MCBRIDE. [L. s]

Witnesses:

JOSEPH H. PORTER, WM. E. MILLARD.

